E120 - Scherzer Rule Call Prompts Jim Hickey's Ejection Arguing Baseball's New Pitch Clock Rules
· 28.06.2023 · 22:08:01 ··· ··· Wednesday ·· 3 (3)
CloseCallSports HP Umpire Brennan Miller ejected Nationals pitching coach Jim Hickey for arguing a Scherzer Rule violation call on Nats pitcher Jordan Weems, resulting in an automatic ball four to Julio Rodriguez. Miller warned Weems earlier in the at-bat for violating the same rule. Report: https://www.closecallsports.com/2023/06/mlb-ejection-120-brennan-miller-1-jim.html
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In the 10th inning against Seattle, Washington intentionally walked JP Crawford to get to Rodriguez. After ball one, Miller warned pitcher Weems for coming set prior to Rodriguez being in the box and alert to the pitcher (looking up at the pitcher). This is the Scherzer Rule and the penalty for the first infraction is to warn the offender. On the 3-0 pitch, Weems again came set before Rodriguez was alert, resulting in a second violation during the same at-bat for an automatic ball, the fourth of the at-bat.
Was Rodriguez's gamesmanship in delaying his look up at the pitcher legal? Or will it soon be outlawed a la the Contreras Rule about having one foot in and one foot out of the box in an attempt to cause the pitcher to violate the Scherzer Rule?
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